It never came.Then I heard a commotion behind me. I opened my eyes and turned around, prepared to say the magic words "Don't come closer!"When I saw w...o it was, I turned back around and looked out towards the open scenery. I was waiting for the words that people normally said to jumpers to prevent them from doing what they intended to do. Then I smelled something that simply didn't fit the situation nor the scenery.I turned around, "What the heck are you doing eating KFC up here? Do you have. Actually above average. I had to agree with Dick on his assessment: this one is not in our league.A man in his late thirties called out from the porch and waved us in. He shook our hands and introduced himself as “Derek”. We toured the house, its yards and a little bit of the neighborhood before we sat down in the living room to talk business. There really wasn’t much to talk about. The house was impeccable, if such thing exists, but the price was way more than we could afford. Derek turned out. ." But she hurried away nonetheless, and they heard low voices for a few moments before Joyce came back. "As I say, he's away for a day or two on business, but if you'd like to leave your name and address, he'll get back to you. You're a very pretty girl! And so ... how old did you say you were?"A somehow familiar voice came out of the darkness of the corridor. "I didn't. But I'm twenty-three. And my name's Marietje... eeek!" Marietje what?"Joyce turned round, to find the prospective model. I sat up and without even looking up at him I said, "Don't touch me Dennis. I'm ... you know what I am now. You saw it. I'm ruined." I chuckled mirthlessly and said, "I'm broken. It's okay. I don't expect you to feel anything for me anymore."He pulled out the chair next to me and sat down. I suddenly noticed as he sat down that he had finally put his pants back on. I couldn't look him in the eye though. I was much too ashamed.We sat together in silence for a long time until he asked, "What.